Weather-strip.



Patented June 10, I902.

B. M. WHITING.

WEATHER STRIP.

Application filed Mar, 10. 1902.)

(No Model.)

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BARNET MATTHIAS VVHITING, OF SPOKANE, \VASI-IINGTON.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,270, dated June 10, 1902. Application filed March 10, 1902. Serial No. 97,476. (No modelJ doors and similar closuremembers for the purpose of rendering the same weather-tight. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a door and its usual fixtures and showing my invention as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same upon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section upon the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

The door-jamb 1 is immediately adjacent to the panel 2, which is supported upon the door 3. The panel is provided at its upper edge with a bevel 4: and is also provided with apertures5 6. Apair of links7 S are mounted upon pivots 9 10, which engage the substance of the movable panel of the weatherstrip. Bosses 11 12 are secured in the substance of the door and project through the apertures 5 6, so as to engage the upper-ends of the links 7 8. One end of the movable panel or weather-strip is provided with a head 13 for the purpose of engaging the jamb when the door is closed. A leaf-spring 14 is rigidly secured at one of its ends upon the panel and its otherend yieldingly engages the boss 11. The tendency of the spring by pressing upon the boss 11 is to raise the panel rela-. tively to the door and also to cause said panel I By this to move slightly toward the jamb 1. arrangement the panel rocks obliquely-upward with a so-called parallel motion. The,

bottom edge of the panel is provided with a soft web 15, the same constituting a weatherproof edge. A strip 16, provided with nails 17, is used to secure the soft edge permanently in position. v

The operation of my device is as follows: When thedoor is open, the movable panel occupies the position indicated in Fig. 2, being held in that position by tension of the spring 14. \Vhen the door is closed, however, the

head 13 encounters the jamb 1, and the panel is rocked downward and toward the left, as viewed in Fig. 1, so that the stripof felt 15 encounters the threshold or the floor, as the case may be, thus rendering the bottom of the door weather-tight. The apertures 5 6 are of such size andsh'ape as to allow the panel to have sufficient vertical and lateral movement to accomplish this purpose. door is opened, the tensionof the spring 14 automatically raises the panel to its original position.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A weather-strip comprising a longitudinal panel provided with apertures and with a weatherproof edge, links pivoted upon said panel adjacent to said apertures, and bosses to be secured to a closure member and to project through said apertures so as to engage said links, said apertures being of proper conformity to allow said panel to rock with a parallel motion upon said closure member, and means for automatically actuating said panel when the door is opened and closed.

2. AWeather-strip comprising a longitudinal panel provided with apertures and with a weatherproof edge, links pivoted upon said panel adjacent to said apertures, and bosses to be secured to a closure member and adapted to project through said apertures for the purpose of engaging said links, a head mounte'd upon one end of said panel for engaging the ,jamb of a door, thereby actuating said panel in one direction, and a spring for retracting said panel to its original position.

3. A weather-strip comprising a longitudinalpanel provided with a weatherproof edge, and also provided with a head for engaging a jamb, bosses for supporting said panel upon a swinging closure member, links pivotally When the Ice 

